Rtt105 configurationally staples RPA and blocks facilitated exchange and interactions with RPA-interacting proteins
biorxiv(2022)
Abstract
Replication Protein A (RPA) binds to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and recruits over three dozen RPA-interacting proteins (RIPs) to coordinate multiple aspects of DNA metabolism including DNA replication, repair, and recombination. Rtt105 is a molecular chaperone that regulates nuclear localization of RPA. Whether and how Rtt105 regulates the activities of RPA is poorly understood. Here, we show that Rtt105 binds to multiple DNA binding and protein-interaction domains of RPA and configurationally staples the complex. In the absence of ssDNA, Rtt105 inhibits RPA binding to Rad52, thus preventing spurious binding to RPA-interacting proteins (RIPs). When ssDNA is available, Rtt105 promotes formation of high-density RPA nucleoprotein filaments and dissociates during this process. Free Rtt105 further stabilizes the RPA-ssDNA filaments by inhibiting RPA facilitated exchange. Collectively, our data suggest that Rtt105 sequesters free RPA in the nucleus to prevent untimely RIP interaction, while stabilizing RPA-ssDNA filaments at DNA lesion sites.
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
* RPA
: replication protein A
ssDNA
: single-stranded DNA
DBD
: DNA binding domain
PID
: protein interaction domain
Wh
: winged helix
HDX-MS
: hydrogen deuterium exchange mass spectrometry
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